 "India vs New Zealand: When MS Dhoni stumped social media with an incredible 'blind' run-out")
When he played for the erstwhile IPL team Chennai Super Kings, MS Dhoni featured in an ad, imitating Rajinikanth. During the promotion of his biopic, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, the wicketkeeper-batsman even met the superstar and mouthed his iconic dialogues to the delight of fans. For many in Chennai, Dhoni is possibly the cricketing equivalent of the film star. On Wednesday, in the ODI vs New Zealand at Ranchi, Dhoni pulled off an incredible dismissal that would have made even Rajinikanth proud. Captain Cool, as he is often called, upped his cool quotient a notch with his unusual run-out of Ross Taylor. It was the 46th over and Umesh Yadav bowled one down leg, Dhawal Kulkarni collected the ball and threw it towards Dhoni. The 35-year-old collected the ball chest high and flung it, with his usual amazing accuracy, to dislodge the timber – all the while with back to the stumps. Yes, Dhoni stumped a batsmen without even looking at the wickets. Taylor was dismissed for 35 thanks to that smooth piece of work by Dhoni and India was eventually set a target of 261, but ended up losing the match by 19 runs. Dhoni may have been unable to give his hometown fans a win, but his flash of brilliance behind the stumps, may have partially made up for that. Take a look at the superhero at work:
Those hands. Those @SpartanSportsAU wicketkeeping gloves … @msdhoni #dhoni #indvnz #incredibleindia #spartan pic.twitter.com/aS2TNXit0t
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD— Paul Cochrane (@paulcochrane) October 26, 2016
And #LikeABoss, his reaction to it was a just a wide grin, like he almost planned this blind run-out.
#LikeABoss! Watch #INDvNZ on Star Sports 1/HD1/3/HD3 NOW! pic.twitter.com/jfEbcRzGam
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) October 26, 2016
The video of Dhoni’s athletic run out immediately went viral on social media, as expected. From open-mouthed awe to some downright hilarious jokes, the internet didn’t disappoint. Here’s a look at the best Twitter reactions to Dhoni’s insane effort in Ranchi.
So Ross Taylor has been stunned twice in two days by Dhoni #indvsnz pic.twitter.com/Zh9YTh02nT
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) October 26, 2016
Like you would walk blindfolded in your room that you have lived in for years. It's the same with Dhoni & the area around the stumps.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 26, 2016
Impact Shorts
More Shorts'Don't try this at home...this act is performed by a professional'
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 26, 2016
This disclaimer must flash whenever Dhoni does his own stuff for runouts!
Dhoni can back & park his car without looking back because he has a camera on the back of his head #respect
— Ra_Bies 3.0 (@Ra_Bies) October 26, 2016
Not taught in any coaching manual.
— Shubham Kamboj (@MSDsuperfan) October 26, 2016
Only MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI can pull off a run-out even without seeing the stumps! #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/byAKqStYaG
Dhoni can get you run out without even looking at stump. He can also find the right switch even if the light is off. Legend !
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 26, 2016
Now Fox Star Studio should re release Dhoni's biopic with this stumping by Dhoni. 😍 #indvsnz
— bhushan (@bigthinkenergy) October 26, 2016
If I were Ross Taylor, I would've fallen on Dhoni's feet and would've done a charan sparsh. This is Magic 🙏 #INDvNZ https://t.co/hRQgVF4l0h
— V. (@iLazyLad) October 26, 2016
But All India Backchod may have had the best tweet of all, with Dhoni as Bajirao.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is MS Dhoni for you. #4thODI #IndvsNz pic.twitter.com/ehdNbQ9sHV
— All India Bakchod (@AllIndiaBakchod) October 26, 2016
There was a also a Shah Rukh Khan reference.
And one with Hrithik Roshan and his new film Kaabil.
No look run out got him a new movie role. #Dhoni #IndVNz pic.twitter.com/AYQ301rfli
— Being Indian (@Beingind) October 26, 2016
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